it's the feelings that accompany the memory that manage to destroy her, just a bit. she'd gone days without water, and that was its own type of suffering. now, to go months with only the barest food, and recognizing someone else who sacrificed for a child -
it takes her a second, adjusting back to reality and looking at sanji.]
....
I'm -
Glad you lived.
[she's glad that he survived that, for all the struggle and horror involved.]
Heh - it was a long ass time ago, but... thank you.
[Said with a smile because the memory has long since scabbed over. Sometimes on the sea, there are no bad guys -- just rotten luck followed by a miracle.]
I found a family after that, so... can't really complain overall. That's more than what some people get.
[A smile meant for himself, but more so for her -- for the trauma she's also had to carry]
A person's true character comes out when it feels like they might lose everything. Giving into despair's the easy part... picking yourself back up is the real trick of it.
[Eh, but he ends up shrugging a little. Sanji is not made for heroic or heartfelt speeches, he thinks, not when it's much easier to just grin in solidarity]
Gotta say, you're quite the lady to experience all that and come out as you are on the other side.
[ . . . . is that the case? she wonders if that's true, if she can believe that. if it's alright for her to think so, when she chose to sign up for death if it meant protecting yona.]
... I don't know if it's anything that impressive.
[lili is pretty forward, and pretty demanding, and she exudes a certain level of confidence and command in all that she does but.]
I just got tired of being scared.
[it came from a very specific place of not wanting to disappoint people anymore.]
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it's the feelings that accompany the memory that manage to destroy her, just a bit. she'd gone days without water, and that was its own type of suffering. now, to go months with only the barest food, and recognizing someone else who sacrificed for a child -
it takes her a second, adjusting back to reality and looking at sanji.]
....
I'm -
Glad you lived.
[she's glad that he survived that, for all the struggle and horror involved.]
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[Said with a smile because the memory has long since scabbed over. Sometimes on the sea, there are no bad guys -- just rotten luck followed by a miracle.]
I found a family after that, so... can't really complain overall. That's more than what some people get.
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... it is.
If your hardships led you to them then, and if you think it's worth it...
[that's pretty strong of him.]
Good.
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[A smile meant for himself, but more so for her -- for the trauma she's also had to carry]
A person's true character comes out when it feels like they might lose everything. Giving into despair's the easy part... picking yourself back up is the real trick of it.
[Eh, but he ends up shrugging a little. Sanji is not made for heroic or heartfelt speeches, he thinks, not when it's much easier to just grin in solidarity]
Gotta say, you're quite the lady to experience all that and come out as you are on the other side.
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... I don't know if it's anything that impressive.
[lili is pretty forward, and pretty demanding, and she exudes a certain level of confidence and command in all that she does but.]
I just got tired of being scared.
[it came from a very specific place of not wanting to disappoint people anymore.]